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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1955
Page
6
Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with continued heat on Saturday and highs near 99 degrees. Tonight’s low 65 to 72 degrees. Hourly temperatures chart from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon notes a peak of 93 with a 74 low yesterday. warmest U.S. reading at Presidio Texas 106 and coldest Fraser Colorado 38.
Roe Bartlett and others transfer a parcel in section 31 Brooklyn Township at Attica to Frank Wyss. The deal details the property location and parties involved in the transfer.
County Court Judge Marshall L. Peterson sentences Glen Putnam after three counts of issuing worthless checks. Held for one year with probation to the sheriff and required restitution and costs to be paid.
George William McKeown aged 30 of 2109 14th Street and Donna Mae Henne aged 23 of 1322 percent 17th Avenue are listed in local records with addresses. The brief entry notes their ages and street details without further context.
Fred H Blumer aged 74 of 1314 21st Street and David Miller aged 71 of Orangeville are listed as residents in the current notices.
Mr. and Mrs Norman Haegele of New Glarus welcomed a son born August 19.
St Clare Hospital Medical staff includes Mrs Luther Lemon Monticello Mrs Minnie McWilliams Cuba City Charles Gough Argyle John Crawford Freeport Andrew N Anderson 1208 9th street and Mrs Kendall Digman Route 3 Surgical staff Alvin L Halverson Janesville Keith Harold Monte 544 16th avenue Viron VanHorn 118 11th avenue and Fred Kern Brodhead Dismissals include Howard Miller Frank Ryan John Kilby Michael Flannery Mrs Dora Mayers Kathleen Donlavy Mrs Harold Staley Kathryn Chambers Mrs LeRoy McWilliams Mrs Glenn Matzke Mrs Edward Stames Mrs Donald Ferris and son Mrs Leslie Peters and daughter Mrs Roy Kundert and daughter Mrs Alfred Tollakson and son Arthur Hansen Carl Hesseling and Ervin Mohns.
Albany will expand Hillcrest cemetery to the south after the association bought more than two acres from Ralph Luedy. The area will be conditioned and platted for new burial lots, part of a triangular five-acre plot donated in 1851 by Erastus O. Pond and Dr. Samuel Nichols. The first recorded death in Albany traceable to 1846 is Thomas McVee.
Glen Putnam of 11th Avenue Trail er Park received probation from Judge Marshall L. Peterson after a one year sentence was withheld on charges of issuing worthless checks. The sheriff reports he passed checks to J. C. Penney Co. for 12 dollars Charles M. Smith for 5 dollars and Wittner's Food Market for 10 dollars. He was ordered to pay restitution and costs.
Louis R. Wolleson president of the Green County Fair Association will serve as assistant judge at the harness race programs at the State Fair next week. Mrs Nell Cunningham will be clerk of the races from Monday to Wednesday and Mrs Wolleson will accompany her husband to Milwaukee.
The county extension office announces Marjorie Deppeler Grove 4-H Club member as the county's 4-H band representative for the State Fair in Milwaukee. She will practice with the baritone group, with concerts planned Sunday and Monday, as Patricia Paulson will present safety demonstrations at the youth building. Dress revue entries include Karen Schlittler and Mary Lou Fahey, with judging at 9 am Tuesday and the revue at 7:30 pm in Radio Hall. A herd of 32 cattle and ten head of swine are moved to the county fairgrounds Monday to acclimate before the fair next Thursday.
Special report from Times notes Cadet Richard Sarde of the Coast Guard Academy New London is spending a three week vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs A L Sarde at their Blanchardville home.
Robert A. Strahm Airman 3rd Class has arrived at Rhein Main Air Base Germany to join the 60th Field Maintenance Squadron. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Strahm and part of U S forces aiding NATO and Allied bases in Europe and North Africa.
Funeral services for John M Jack White 52 of 2567 9th street were held at 2 p m at Stuessy funeral home Rev Paul C Kehle of St Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church officiated Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery Pallbearers included A P Stauffacher William Rieder Sr Myron I Stair Paul Baltzer Sr Donald Ripp and John Marty White an automobile salesman belonged to the Monroe New Car and Truck Dealers Association Mrs Winnie Kuebli and Mrs Robert Buehler sang with organ accompaniment by Mrs C W Chase
Obituary notices report the deaths of Frank H. Divan of Mt. Carroll Illinois from a heart condition. Services were held at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers named from Monroe Savanna Til. Freeport Pearl City. Also reported are services for Mrs. Fred Witt of Elkhorn who died from a heart attack at age 58 with burial in Elkhorn cemetery and survivors including husband and four brothers.
Twin sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. John Weston in St. Josephs hospital Dodgeville Sunday. They weighed five pounds four ounces and four pounds five ounces.
A stream of visitors and residents from Milwaukee Los Angeles Chicago Lakewood Belmont Iowa City Corpus Christi Evanston Green town Rock Island Three Lakes and Brodhead travel through Monroe. Notables include Mr and Mrs William F Smith Mrs L L Webster Mr and Mrs George Krepak and others with travel plans to Minneapolis Three Lakes Camp Chaffee Ark and a cemetery lot sale at South Wayne Union Cemetery by Sept 1. Dr Hertha Terrasch will visit Sept 12 for appointments amid a European tour.
Gren County Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle will be shown at the Wisconsin State Fair. Exhibitors include Jacob Voegeli and Son Monticello Alfred Meier and John W. Rufi. Rufi shows three Holsteins. Voegeli and Meier display Brown Swiss. The Meier pair left with eight head, Voegeli with Howard Voegeli, Donald Timm with fifteen head. The Voegeli herd includes V. B. Tex Jane Peggy, grand champion in 1949 and 1952.
Frank and William Haren will relocate their insurance and real estate agency from the Ludlow hotel to the Monroe hotel on the first floor. They secure two rooms with a street entrance from the porch as the hotel is torn down. Mr and Mrs Paul Dannerbeck relocate living quarters to the Monroe hotel former dining room and kitchen.
The county jail and courthouse committee approved keeping the Courthouse open on Cheese Day Sept. 10 for visitors and approved buying a reconditioned Ludlow hotel stoker for about 700 to 800 dollars to upgrade the furnace capacity. Ray E. Kundert said offices would be closed and a matron and custodian would be present. The committee also authorized repairs to meet Industrial Commission mandates and discussed fencing and shrubbery, with plans for sidewalks and tree work on the Lakeshire site. Leo M. Ties noted jail remodeling would be addressed after Cheese Day.
New York court martial convicts Sgt James C Gallagher of unpremeditated murder of two American prisoners in a Chinese Korea camp. He is found guilty of mistreatment and informing, but innocent of a third death and of advising executions. He faces life at hard labor. sentencing not yet given.
Messrs and Mmes Ludwig Signer Victor Marean of Monroe and Leo Kundert of Orangeville have returned from several days outing near Montello.
Wesley Wandfluh becomes fieldman for the Green County Breeders Association Co operative replacing Glen Frautschy who moves to the Texaco Service Center. The change affects local agricultural service and breeding outreach.
Elwood Lutze, agriculture and manual arts teacher at Monticello, completed a nine week military training course at Fort Benning Georgia. He returns home this weekend with Mrs. Lutze while she had already left for Fort Benning earlier this week. Lutze is a member of Co. K Monroe's National Guard unit and took advantage of summer specialized training.
Fred T. Odell has returned to his home at 806 22nd avenue from Madison General hospital after major brain surgery on Aug. 4. His condition is good. Odell, a veteran of more than 60 years in the printing trade, had been treated here for an eye condition for several months.
Mr and Mrs Edward Brooks Jr of Freeport welcomed a son named John Eric born Wednesday at St Clare hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Edward Brooks Sr Freeport and Mr and Mrs Rudolph Hess 2205 8th street. John Eric has a brother Thomas age 2%
St and Mrs Eugene Haak of Albany Georgia announce the birth of a daughter Janet Marie on August 2. Mrs Haak, formerly Barbara Lee, is the mother.
A small blaze in rubble at the Ludlow hotel under teardown was put out by a hand pump around 2 a.m. today after flaring up. The fire alarm did not sound. a city policeman discovered the fire.
Mr and Mrs Louis T Blum Route 3 Freeport are the parents of a son born Tuesday in St Francis hospital Freeport They named him Douglas Thomas Grandparents are Mrs Esther Rhyner 2539 9th street and Mr and Mrs Louis P Blum 1207 21st street
City police log shows minor damage to two autos driven by Martin Hanson, 64, Route 1, South Wayne, and Joseph Earl Kesler, 51, of 2340. Officers recorded no injuries and no further details were provided.
A mishap occurred yesterday afternoon in the 2300 block of 17th Avenue. No further details on injuries or causes are provided in the report.
Adrian W. Silenzi of Cuidad Trujilo Dominican Republic spoke to the Monroe Kiwanis Club at the Swiss Wheel restaurant. He delivered a talk on the West Indies and its regional aspects.
John Jeglum and John Hammer, delegates to Badger Boys State in June, spoke to Legion post members about the program. Jeglum described the governmental and election system. Hammer outlined the daily recreation. A new American Legion color guard will debut in the Cheese Day parade on Sept 10, featuring George W. Engles, Walter E. Schild, Dan W. Gerber, Glen Gerber, Wallace H. Miller, Wilbur E. Deininger and William Preston.
Dogs killed two sheep and mangled seven others on the Ben Disch farm northeast of Albany. The attack caused about $500 in losses and was reported to the Rock County sheriff's office. Disch is a nationally known sheep breeder and former resident of Monticello rural area.
Mrs. Irene C. Powers has returned from a week's vacation at Minocqua and Manitowish Waters.
David Miller 71 of Orangeville died at 12 25 PM yesterday in St. Clare hospital after an extended illness. Born August 5 1884 in Clarno he was the son of Emanuel and Anna Miller. He farmed in Monroe and Orangeville area. survived by two sons Glenn Dakota Ill and Kenneth Orangeville. three brothers Sam and Frederick Monroe and Emanuel Orangeville. three sisters Rosa Schumacher Edith Schar Monroe and Bess Dreibelis Kenosha. He was preceded in death by his wife. Services Monday at 2 PM at St John Evangelical and Reformed Church Monroe. burial in Orangeville cemetery. Friends may call at Burlington Cramer funeral home after 7 tonight.
Mrs Ira Mayer of South Wayne shows improvement after undergoing surgery Saturday at St Clare hospital.
The Green County 4-H Club plans a Sunday picnic at Monticello High School grounds replacing the former 4-H camp day. A share-a-dish meal begins at 12:30 p.m. with organized recreation in the afternoon. Committee members include Mrs. Lester Witt, Mrs. Dean Streiff, Mrs. H. V. Baebler, Mrs. Monty Chesebro, Otto Erzinger, Sonja Leatherman and Lorene Eichelkraut, assisted by the county extension office.
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